John A. Macdonald

Quotes

• “A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take...”
• “Confederation is only yet in the gristle and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.”
• “When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.”
• “Macdonald's Law: Never write a letter if you can help it and never destroy one.”